Specialist Mental Health Dietitian
| Posting date: | 17 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46419.00 - £55046.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-26-0148 |
Summary
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. Overall Job Purpose and responsibilities include: To provide a kind, caring and responsive, evidence-based clinical nutrition and dietetics service to young people, adults and older adult service users, who have a mental health diagnosis, on inpatient wards, rehabilitation and special care units and in dietetic outpatient clinics. To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, representing and advocating for excellence in nutrition and dietetic care for all service users within the clinical remit. Support the service by providing nutrition knowledge, dietary advice and training for staff from a variety of other disciplines, which is sound, evidence based and up to date. Raise awareness, understanding and effective implementation of the trust nutrition policy. To support the development, knowledge and use of the menus, which provide nutrition and hydration within the clinical remit together with the trust lead catering dietitian and trust stakeholders. To deliver and develop together with dietetic colleagues a well-established weight management programme for service users living in the community. To evaluate and develop dietetic care pathways, integrating, and adding to the latest evidence base, providing excellence, and advancing nutrition and dietetic care.